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Informationen zum Autor Henriette Gunkel is post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Fort Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research, South Africa. Klappentext Sexual identity has emerged into the national discourse of post-apartheid South Africa, bringing the subject of rights and the question of gender relations into the nation's politics. This book is a fascinating reflection on the effects of these discourses on non-normative modes of sexuality and on the country more generally. Zusammenfassung Sexual identity has emerged into the national discourse of post-apartheid South Africa, bringing the subject of rights and the question of gender relations into the nation’s politics. This book is a fascinating reflection on the effects of these discourses on non-normative modes of sexuality and on the country more generally. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. ‘Homosexuality is Un-African’: Unfolding the Colonial Legacy within Post-Apartheid Homophobia 2. Is Pink Really White in South Africa? Reflections on Discourses of Homosexuality in the Post/Apartheid State 3. Homosociality and the Technologies of Homophobia 4. ‘I Didn’t Think of It as Lesbian’: Mapping out Intimacy and Homo/Sociality 5. Aftermath
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Sexual identity has emerged into the national discourse of post-apartheid South Africa, bringing the subject of rights and the question of gender relations into the nation’s politics. This book is a fascinating reflection on the effects of these discourses on non-normative modes of sexuality and on the country more generally.
